>> Get Get your Fs out. Get your Fs. >> This might be a little bit late. I It's okay. There we go. I sent it. >> There you go. Might as well send mine as well. [clears throat] >> Mhm. >> This is going to look slightly weird. It's It's delayed, so I think we're sending it like before the match actually happened. >> Yeah, it's kind of a shame. >> F. >> There we go. F >> F. Uh they might actually take this the wrong way. We're not saying this is Owen's grade for Tedrio. Actually, just in the chat. >> This mean this means that it's sad. This means that we're paying respects. >> We're paying our respects to Owen. Quite a shame, I will say. >> But at least Barlo didn't move on. Anyway, we need to wrap things up. We have a couple more people to shout out before we uh leave.
I hearing from the people even up here today. Um, and I would tend to agree costs only go up, not down, right? So, you know, th this is one of those things that I think that at some point we may need to scale this plan down any um just because we may not have uh the funds to go forward with, you know, this. I I look at this plan as, you know, what we would aspire to uh to do, but it it can easily have to be scaled down because of the bond issue. And the other point I just wanted to might take away just from all the conversations and feel like hundreds and hundreds of conversations about this is is because of the affordable housing because of the the the influx of units into our town and I'm sure people are going to bring that up but I'm bringing it up for a point.
Livingston. >> I'll make a motion to approve the 2026 2027 administrative and director contract renewal list. >> Before there's a second, may I ask if there is any questions or comments for either miss or just wish we could give more. >> We had hoped to, but Mr. Livingston like put our brakes on. I'm sure. >> He keeps us keeps us towing the line making sure we're on. >> I I just have to tell you, I feel like this is like my 800th year on this board. But when I first got on the board, I didn't ask questions because I didn't feel confident enough to ask the questions. >> And with that, I've also seen decisions that we've made maybe not be the best decisions because we didn't have enough information. So, if I'm going to be the person that asks more questions, that's going to be me.
>> Um, your slide presentation leads with the money. Your the slide presentation a couple weeks ago led with the money and I asked this respectfully. Is the difference simply the money or has something else changed? So I would say I think the big piece that so I I think we all believe when I say we I'm talking about our leadership team believe inerson learning is the best opportunity for our students. Um we also live in a state that is a very strong parent choice state and that students are able to go other places and are going other places. So with the changes with funding and sea1, I do think we want to make sure that we are providing the best opportunity for all of our students and money is a real thing that is um is a concern. >> And to your point, Mr. Langford, we've had this conversation as a leadership team every year, at least for the six years I've been superintendent, when the transfer report comes out from the state, and we look at how many students and families are making a choice for online.
So, that'll be coming soon. uh to the community as well as beginning to plan our spring community newsletter so we can continue celebrating and sharing the great things happening here. I do want to acknowledge some legislation because I know there's some um families um that have been concerned and I would say um educators as well and this is something I'm going to support our staff with and the creation of um some policy and procedures that will need to happen here at Deli and that is the bell-to-bell cell phone law that was passed and so that is limiting personal wireless devices that includes cell phones, smartwatches, any personal devices, laptops tops or tablets. And so that is something from the start of the school day to the end of the day, they either have to remain at home or be stored securely and inaccessible during the school day.
I don't know why that is. We'd have to dig deep and figure out why there's a it's like 90 almost 99%. So where that 1% is coming from, I'm not sure because just reminding you again that Park View is still in network. And that was one of the concerns that I brought to you last year that when we made the change and put Park View as a tier 2 provider um that people thought Parkview wasn't Park View wasn't going to be available to them, but it is. So where exactly that is, I couldn't tell you that part. And on the bottom part, um, again, employees are still paying roughly about 80% or excuse me, the district is paying roughly about 80% of all cost distribution as they have been. So, we aren't having significantly more placed on employees percentage- wise. Go ahead. Uh, this is giving us a little bit of the pharmacy overview.
And thanks to Kelly and Amy and Mrs. Viet for uh your presentations. It was very good. >> You didn't forget about you down there. >> My new my new click. Yeah, >> I've moved on from you guys. Uh, I wanted to welcome back Mr. Ken Fraser. Uh, you know, he's uh duly missed. I I think Ken may have the record for the most often attended from beginning to end of meetings of anybody that's come through this the school. But I will reiterate about the the students that did the tech Olympics and all that thespian stuff. Um, we always have a good turnout and back in Ken's days, we had kids that do well and they do the the male stage managing stuff that do well. And one of the things I always tell people about Loganport is that, you know, that we're very unique in the fact that we've got a really really really nice auditorium thanks to Ken and and the next generation.
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It's going to cause growth in the town which means we're going to have to have more admin personnel probably. We're probably going to have to have more support people like probably going to have more police officers perhaps, but we're going to have to have more people to support this bigger town. And and I I think we're one concern I had was, you know, we'll spend $10 million and because we knocked this down from 15 million to 10 million and now we're all celebrating and high-fiving, but now what's going to happen when we have to hire that extra three or four people because we've added 1500 residents into town? you know, we we it's we got to have some kind of longer term planning and I think at least what we've put in place addresses a plan for future and if we have to scale that back because the fiscally we can't do it then we got to do that but I but I think right now this puts us at the table to be able to look at this in an intelligent way.
So, I just wanted you to know I trust you and if I ask questions, >> that's why. >> We're grateful. >> All right. With that, we will um move for a second, please. >> I'll second. >> And all in favor? >> I. Thank you. >> The actual personel report. >> Yes. So um you have the personnel report. The a March personnel report includes seven new certified employees, two new classified employees, one new classified substitute, nine resignations, one termination, one certified change, three classified changes, three coaches, 10 extra duty employees, one riff and 240 time sheets. >> And I would like to note that our riff put in a transfer to an open position. >> Yes. So we're really >> so the person's won't be leaving the district. So through all the things we talked about and planned for positions being eliminated in that building, but the person will go to event position in the district.
And we have talked every year, should we look at this? Should we should we um take this step? and and we've always just been kind of dug in to no in person is what's best for kids because I agree I totally agree with that as Carrie said I think the difference this time was we talked about it we saw the transfer report and we said okay maybe we need to have Indiana online come in and present to us about what they offer to kids because when we looked at the transfer report and saw where all of our kids were going and again looking at options that we did not think were that's were were that strong. Um when they came in and presented to the kind of our core administrative team, that was really kind of an aha for us of um I think what what precipitated the conversation was dollars as you said.
Um, so that is something we're going to navigate through as a school district, but all school districts will be as well. In addition to that, there's been a lot going on with legislation and the Department of Education and there has been now a new K through2 accountability model that was passed and that will change how school performance is measured moving forward. And so this is the first time in several years that individual schools and our school district will be um rated. And so this is to from the state to align accountability um with uh five areas academic mastery, career and postsecary readiness, communication and collaboration, work ethic and civic financial and dig digital literacy. So student performance is going to be measured across multiple grade bands beginning with early literacy in elementary school and then um will continue um but also look at attendance, coursework, career experiences and credentials as they move through middle and high school.
One of the biggest areas that uh we struggle with and you hear it on the news all the time is prescription drugs. Prescription drugs are huge, huge cost, namely those specialty drugs. Um you can see last year we had a a drop and I won't say all of this is due to one specific drug, but a lot of it is due to one specific drug, Humera. Um it was very expensive and we didn't have that many people on it, but it was enough to make a huge dent. And uh humir recently in the last couple years went generic and we we made decision. Chuck says Matt makes decisions. Matt doesn't make the decisions. The trust makes a decision and the trust made the decision to uh take Humera off our formulary and move to the generic. So our employees cannot get uh specialty or name brand Humira.
and and we and and and often if you find out there there are a lot of guys or people guys girls that have continued on to have occupations in the theater and stuff they learned here and and what you find if you ever talk to them it's kind of funny because often times the high quality of the equipment we had here was better what they had when they were in college. Um and so you see quite a few number of people that are stage managers and sound engineers and stuff like that. They really got their start here in Loganport and you know sometimes we you know we think of things we do or don't do and that kind of stuff and I have to say we have had a program and I you know the the two guys taking two guys to fill Ken's shoes.
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That's all I'm take. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Mary Burke, Cedar Lane. Um, I also agree we need need to do something for the police department. Um, but I'd like to address my question to um, Chief Olsson. I know you're the emergency management coordinator for the town and as such you're aware of what's going on our surrounding communities with f first aid companies going to the county. Um I've heard and just going to ask this bright red did you have mentioned had you mentioned that our first aid at some point would be also heading towards the county and if such such would that be available space for you for your um the police department? I'm going to defer that question to Councilman Shock, but I believe that the first aid squad is its own entity. It's an incorporate. It's a corporation. So that's their property, their building.
>> Okay. So question, if we choose not to accept someone's resignation, then >> then [clears throat] we'll have to terminate them when they don't show up for work. [laughter] >> But we could continue to rub it in for like the next several months. sad about it. >> Sure. >> Sister, >> okay, I'll make a motion to approve the March personnel report with time sheets as presented. >> I will second that motion. >> All right, we have two seconds. Uh, all in favor? [laughter] >> I pick your poison. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> The staff appreciates it. I know that. Thank you. >> Item 9A is a request pilot summit K through 12. Miss Price and Mr. >> Madame President and members of the board. >> Julie is excited because you just approved the change in the personnel report [laughter] >> to Mr.
But then what got us across that threshold of bringing this before you was looking at uh this is a much better option for a lot of kids and a lot of families that would still keep them connected to Avon in a way that right now we don't offer >> just to speak to the connection if from from a person that I met was a former student um who I had connected you know stayed with that came to like robotics club and other things. um there was a point where their family had to make a decision to move virtual um we have an option if there's a medical reason if there's a you know all the criteria are already met if it's just a parent choice and I use that just lightly but if it's a parent choice we aren't currently serving them and we know that that number is approaching 100 you know we have 70 verified but you know we know it's bigger than that so those are already Avon families that we are not serving partly by choice and partly because we didn't have this offering.
Um so it will include school letter grades um but the overall calculation will include many indicators. The first year of implementation, the state says, will be a baseline year, like a year zero, um, to help schools understand the new measures before more long-term um, comparisons begin. But the overall intent is to have clear uh, transparent information for, you know, our families, for communities to see how our school district is performing. Testing, lots of testing is happening and I would say that's at all levels. Um, I read three just took place. SAT I believe is tomorrow at the high school and I learn checkpoints for the middle school are Tuesday and Thursday. There's a lot of assessments. This is the time of year for spring assessments projects. Big thank you to performance services for being here to share the facility assessment. Also, I think our custodians have left, but the head custodians were a huge part of that process um and really dedicating their time and attention as well as Chris um to assist with that.